All songs from "Live & Alive" in alpha order
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
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Butterfly's Wing
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
The world can turn on a butterfly’s wing
There’s a universe in the tiniest things
And all my striving only brings
The laughter of the angels
A thousand things I've tried to change
But ev'ry change remains the same
And all roads lead me home again
To the laughter of the angels
The laughter of the angels
The words I long to hear you say
A ton of gold would hardly pay
For all the pounds those words would weigh
The world can turn on a butterfly's wing
Fourth of July
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
You're so insecure
You're even crazier than me
Every time you come around
I light up like a Christmas tree
You tell me all your crazy stories
You crack me up for days
You make me play my songs for you
You know the words to every one
And when I play you sing along
You bring me the 4th of July
You bring me the 4th of July
You're my parade down Main Street
You're the glittering fire in the sky
You're the flag waving cheerleader who makes me smile
Whenever you come by
And you bring me the 4th of July
You bring me the 4th of July
Friends like you
I wish I had a million
Friends like you
You're one in a million
Sometimes I don't feel as
American as Apple Pie
But you bring me the 4th of July
Land of Dreams
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
The silver stars are shining my friend
Cast all your troubles out the day is at an end
A lover's voice is calling you free
Whisper a melody and trip the moonlight fantasy with me
In the land of dreams
Everybody wears a smile
Nothing really bad is ever as it seems
Like a movie
In the land of dreams
Flying like a bird we travel
Through the netherworld of magic and moonbeams
A better day is dawning my friend
Sew up your broken heart and let the healing in
You'll journey through the new world tonight
Open your eyes and see that promises of happiness can be
In the land of dreams
Everybody wears a smile
Nothing really bad is ever as it seems
Like a movie
In the land of dreams
Flying like a bird we travel
Through the netherworld of magic and moonbeams
Like a movie
In the land of dreams
Everybody wears a smile
Nothing really bad is ever as it seems
Like a movie
In the land of dreams
Flying like a bird we travel
Through the netherworld of magic and moonbeams
Little Boy Little Girl
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
I was once your little girl
And you were once my little boy
We traveled all around the world
And settled on the Isle of Joy
Where we laughed and danced - we said
How did we end up here
Where everything our hearts desired would just
Falls into our hands
It would fall
Like the gentle rain
That flowed into our hearts and veins
Electrifying
Everything we’d do
It would fall
Like the mountain stream
That touched on every hope and dream
As we dreamed
The dream of me and you
Time went by and how we tried
To hang on to those precious years
But time can be a prison
When you let the magic turn to fears
So we’d hurt each other - You said
How did I end up here
I said Isn’t that my heart’s desire
You’re crumpling in your hand
Then we’d fall
Like little kids
You’d say I don’t I’d say you did
And we’d scrape our knees and go a round or two
We’d just fall
To the same old tune
And blame it on the mean old moon and go on
With the dream of me and you
Now you won’t be my little boy
And I won’t be your little girl
Surrounded by these little toys
That make pretend this little world
But I wonder
Where do we go from here
When everything our hearts desired
Is just falling into pieces
It just falls
And an angry star
Comes crashing down and all we are unravels
No matter what we do
It just falls
And the winter rain beats against my heart again
That’s all
It just falls
And the pent-up rain
Comes pouring through an open drain
Just beating down on everything we do
It just falls
And we fall apart
Your tracks surround my broken heart
I still love you
My Old Shoes
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
My old shoes were full of holes
Everywhere I went I stubbed my toes
Scratched so bad and worn so thin
But still my feet just slid right in
My new shoes don’t fit that right
They're a little too shiny, a little too tight
But I know that soon they’ll fit much better
I feel so pretty when they’re on my feet
But sometimes My toes just wanna retreat
To that old beat up and tattered leather
‘cause nothin’ ever fit me better
In my new shoes I can dance
In my new shoes I can fly
I can dance (yeah)
I can soar
Like I never could before
I feel like I can do anything at all in my new shoes
But they’re still a little too shiny and new
A little more shiny than I’m used to
But I know in time they're gonna fit me better
'Cause I’m doin’ my best to stretch the leather
My old shoes are so worn and thin
It would be so easy to slip right in
They were made for me in the exact right size
But they’re falling apart before my eyes
The Water is Wide
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
There is a ship and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
Oh love is gentle and love is kind
The sweetest flower when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew
The water is wide - I cannot cross
And nor have I the wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row
My love and I
And both shall row
My love and I
You Were One of Mine
(Annie Moscow)
April 13, 2011
I hope you’re doing well
I hope you’re doing fine
I hope perhaps you think of me
From time to time
If our paths are set in wet cement
Then I think we've had our time
So I take my comfort in the fact that
You were one of mine
That I met you in this lifetime
And we had a magic time
Well that's more than I could wish for in
Another place and time
And I'll miss the love you gave to me
But I'll comfort myself in the memory
Of what we had and what will be
You were one of mine
Oh I could cry how I miss you now
And I hope you're doing fine
Oh I could cry how I wish you'd stay
Forever in my life
If we're all just actors on a stage
And our time is pre-ordained
Then I'll smile as I let you go
Until we meet again
At the big cast party in the sky
Where we'll laugh about this time
As we gather round with the ones we love
You were one of mine